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 * 1942 - USS Triton (SS 201) sinks Japanese merchant cargo vessel Shokyu Maru in the East China Sea, 60 miles south of Quelpart Island.
 * 1945 - Japanese kamikazes sink escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea (CVE 95) while off Iwo Jima with the loss of 318 men. USS Saratoga (CV-3) is struck by five kamikazes but survives, although 123 men are killed.
 * 1952 - During the Korean War, USS Symbol (AM 123), is conducting a routine check sweep in the vicinity of Mayang-do in company with USS Murrelet (AM 372), when she observes four splashes from an estimated 75 mm shore battery. The ships return fire, which silences the enemy guns.
 * 1987 - Guided Missile Cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) is commissioned.
 * 1991 - During Operation Desert Storm, AV-8B aircraft from Marine Attack Squadron 331 conduct the first of 243 sorties off the deck of USS Nassau.

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